hand-eye coordination

noun

The degree of coordination a person has between their eyes and their hands; a person's dexterity in activities highly dependent upon sight, such as catching a ball.

“Sorry, but I just don't think you have the hand-eye coordination needed to be a juggler in this circus.”

Meanings

nounhand-eye coordination (countable and uncountable, plural hand-eye coordinations)

plural hand-eye coordinations

  1. countableuncountableThe degree of coordination a person has between their eyes and their hands; a person's dexterity in activities highly dependent upon sight, such as catching a ball.

    Sorry, but I just don't think you have the hand-eye coordination needed to be a juggler in this circus.

    Synonyms: eye-hand coordination

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe degree of coordination a person has between their eyes and their hands; a person's dexterity in activities highly dependent upon sight, such as catching a ball.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 手眼協調 /手眼协调
  • 手眼協調 /手眼协调 (shǒuyǎn xiétiáo)degree of coordination
Dutch oog-handcoördinatie
  • oog-handcoördinatiedegree of coordination
Finnish silmän ja käden koordinaatio, silmä-käsikoordinaatio
  • silmän ja käden koordinaatiodegree of coordination
  • silmä-käsikoordinaatiodegree of coordination
French coordination œil-main, coordination main-œil
  • coordination œil-maindegree of coordination
  • coordination main-œildegree of coordination
Japanese 手と目の調整, 手と目のコーディネーション
  • 手と目の調整 (te to me no chōsei)degree of coordination
  • 手と目のコーディネーション (te to me no kōdinēshon)degree of coordination
Cite this entry
APA

hand-eye coordination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-eye%20coordination

MLA

“hand-eye coordination.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-eye%20coordination. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hand-eye coordination,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hand-eye%20coordination.

Source: hand-eye coordination on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.